Synonyms for errand
ˈɛr ənder·rand

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1. errand

   Synonyms:
   message, commission, mission, delegation, charge

   Antonyms:
   misdelivery, misannouncement

Princeton's WordNet

1. errandnoun

   a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

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1. • Trip

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1. errandnoun

   Synonyms:
   message, mandate, mission, commission

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1. errandnoun

   Synonyms:
   mission, commission

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1. List of paraphrases for "errand":

   race, racing

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1. John Boehner:

   But over the course of the August recess in 2013 and in September, a lot of my Republican colleagues who knew this was a fool's errand -- really, they were getting all this pressure from home to do this.

2. Asian American:

   I’m Asian, my family’s Asian. If I have to worry about just stepping out to run an errand, I think that’s a huge problem and I can’t live in a city like that.

3. David Doniger:

   If he has any grasp of scientific and legal reality, he would realize that it's a fool's errand to reverse the endangerment determination, this could be a way for him to keep the right-wing fringe groups occupied and also accomplish the goal of further confusing the public debate.

4. The Kansas native:

   I think impeaching Trump is a fools errand pushed by fools.

5. Joe Biden:

   The answer is that I'm running the traps on this. I don't want to make this a fool's errand, i'm a lot closer than I was before Christmas, and we'll make the decision soon.